Executive Session for State and Local Prosecutors

One of the first attempts to engage in a dialogue concerning emerging trends in prosecution took place in meetings convened through the Executive Session for State and Local Prosecutors, held at the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, from 1986 to 1990. Participants included prosecutors from around the country. Discussions focused on the current state of prosecution, including differing conceptions of the role of the prosecutor.

Writing about these conceptions, Zachary Tumin described "institution building" prosecutors who were problem solvers, and used their position as chief law enforcement officer in the community to bring together and direct all available criminal justice resources in a coherent effort (see Criminal Justice Working Paper #90-02-05 "Summary of the Proceedings: Findings and Discoveries of the Harvard University Executive Session for State and Local Prosecutors at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (1986-90)").

Members of the Executive Session for State and Local Prosecutors (1986-1990)

Michael Bradbury, District Attorney of Ventura, CA
Kevin Burke, District Attorney of Essex County, MA
Jan Chaiken, Senior Analyst, Abt Associates, Inc.
Norman S. Early, Jr., District Attorney of Denver, CO
Peter S. Gilchrist III, District Attorney of Charlotte, NC
Stephen Goldsmith, Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County, IN
Ronald Goldstock, Director, State of New York Organized Crime Task Force
Francis X. Hartmann, Executive Director, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Philip Heymann, Professor, Harvard Law School
Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County (MN) Attorney, County Attorney's Office
Dan Johnston, Chief Counsel, House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, House of Representatives
Mark Kleiman, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Terry F. Lenzner, Chairman, Investigative Group, Inc.
Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney of Seattle, WA
Mark H. Moore, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice Policy and Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government
John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney for Wayne County, MI
William C. O'Malley, District Attorney, Plymouth County, MA
Ira Reiner, District Attorney for Los Angeles County
Albert Riederer, Prosecuting Attorney, Kansas City, MO
Michael Schrunk, District Attorney of Portland, OR
Lottie Shackelford, City Director, Little Rock, AR
Stuart Simms, State's Attorney, City of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Michael E. Smith, Director, VERA Institute of Justice
Andrew Sonner, State's Attorney, Rockville, MD
Harry Spence, Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Michael Tonry, Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
Zachary Tumin, Research Fellow, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government

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